the energy and the warmth that starts coming from those performance, people will be fine. >> the theme is let there be peace? >> waterford is one of our partners and let there be peace, crystals are decorated throughout our 11,000 plus pound new year's eve ball. it's a big theme for us this year. >> you started prepping for this new year's eve last new year's eve. >> tomorrow we will start prepping for next year's show. we'll be wrapping up the next few days for next year's show. we're happy it's dry. >> could you imagine if it wasn't dry tonight? what would be the biggest obstacle, in your opinion, in the prep? >> the weather. couple years ago, december 26, the day after christmas is the day we start building all the staging and everything outside. we had a blizzard two years ago. last year was pretty warm. this year we got a scare on the 26th. weather is always the challenge. it's an outdoor venue, but we're ready to go. >> i saw some guys, they were 20. so they're not even of age, from south africa. they were coming without a hotel room and they had their suitcases and said, we don'